CNG 102, Lot: 1548. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Double Crown (29mm, 4.99 g, 5h). Tenth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck 1609-1625. (thistle) · IACOBVS · · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX ·, crowned and armored bust right / (thistle) HENRICVS · ROSAS · REGNA · IACOBVS ·, crowned coat-of-arms; I R across field; arms of Scotland in first and fourth quarters. Burns, p. 434; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1354 (same obv. die); SCBC 5466. Good VF, lightly buffed in obverse field. Very rare.

From the LVL Collection. Ex St. James’s 30 (29 September 2014), lot 251 (where it realized £6800); J.K.R. Murray Collection (Spink 57, 29 April 1987), lot 28.